A TOTAL of 230 RDP houses in the Mamre area will be retrofitted with ceilings to help residents cut down heating costs, the City of Cape Town said yesterday.
This would improve the quality of life and provide jobs for unemployed Mamre residents, mayoral committee member for housing Shehaam Sims said.
"There are thousands of houses in Cape Town which were built before the National Housing Subsidy allowed for the inclusion of ceilings. A house without a ceiling falls far short of the ideal thermal protection one would like to see in every house."
Retrofitting houses with insulated ceilings improved energy efficiency, health and livelihoods.
The project was being driven by the city's environmental resources management department as part of the Danish Development Aid-funded Urban Environmental Management Programme.
The city said 65percent of the 230 houses had already been retrofitted with insulated ceilings. By the end of the year all the identified houses would be completed. The project had also created jobs for 18 locals.
Western Cape finance and economic development MEC Alan Winde said he would investigate whether Expanded Public Works Programme funding could be made available so the programme may be extended in the province. - Sowetan
This would improve the quality of life and provide jobs for unemployed Mamre residents, mayoral committee member for housing Shehaam Sims said.
"There are thousands of houses in Cape Town which were built before the National Housing Subsidy allowed for the inclusion of ceilings. A house without a ceiling falls far short of the ideal thermal protection one would like to see in every house."
Retrofitting houses with insulated ceilings improved energy efficiency, health and livelihoods.
The project was being driven by the city's environmental resources management department as part of the Danish Development Aid-funded Urban Environmental Management Programme.
The city said 65percent of the 230 houses had already been retrofitted with insulated ceilings. By the end of the year all the identified houses would be completed. The project had also created jobs for 18 locals.
Western Cape finance and economic development MEC Alan Winde said he would investigate whether Expanded Public Works Programme funding could be made available so the programme may be extended in the province. - Sowetan
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